Beautiful moth -- need ID
Doug Yanega
dyanega at pop.ucr.edu
Mon May 1 12:17:08 EDT 2000
>I have done my best to scan in this moth and have posted a picture of it
>at this URL:
>
>http://www.wedey.hispeed.com/moth2.jpg
Ordinary moth, actually - the "Vine Sphinx," _Eumorpha vitis_. Got any
grapes in your yard? ;-)
Peace,
Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
phone: (909) 787-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
http://insects.ucr.edu/staff/yanega.html
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